Example of human individual identification from World War II gravesite

Forensic Science International

Volumn 233, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 179-192

  Ossowski, Andrzej ^a,b,c   Kuś, Marta ^a   Brzeziński, Piotr ^b   Prüffer, Jakub ^d   Piatek, Jarosław ^a   Zielińska, Grayna ^a   Bykowska, Milena ^c   Jałowińska, Katarzyna ^a   Torgaszev, Anton ^e   Skoryukov, Antoliy ^a   Parafiniuk, Mirosław ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Association 'Pomorze1945'   (Poland)

^c Institute of National Remembrance   (Poland)

^d Forensic Laboratory of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Szczecin   (Poland)

^e Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DNA; DVI; Exhumation; Prisoners of war; STR; War graves

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARMY; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EXHUMATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOLDIER; WAR;

DNA; DVI; EXHUMATION; PRISONERS OF WAR; STR; WAR GRAVES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURIAL; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXHUMATION; FINGER PHALANGES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLAND; PRISONERS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TOE PHALANGES; TOOTH; WORLD WAR II; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885220896     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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